It's an entertaining showcase for a highly successful orchestra

Ben Bernie was an American jazz violinist, bandleader and radio personality, who started his career in vaudeville and founded an orchestra in the early 1920s which became the resident band at the Hotel Roosevelt in New York, and was hugely popular through the 1920s and '30s on radio, which Bernie being marketed under the nickname 'The Old Maestro'. He was famous as one of the co-writers of the classic standard 'Sweet Georgia Brown'. Between 1923 and 1936 he had 44 records which are listed as hits in Joel Whitburn's respected book 'Pop Memories 1890-54', and all those hits are included in this 73-track 3-CD collection. The anthology comprises selected A & B sides of his releases on the Vocalion, Brunswick, Columbia, Decca and Okeh labels from this era, prior to his sudden death in 1943, including releases as Ben Bernie & His Hotel Roosevelt Orchestra and Ben Bernie And All The Lads. It features his No. 1 hits with 'Sweet Georgia Brown', 'Sleepy Time Gal', 'Ain't She Sweet', and big hits with the original versions of other enduring gems from the Great American Songbook such as 'Swinging Down the Lane', 'Tea For Two', 'Makin' Whoopee', 'What Is This Thing Called Love' and more. With performances by a number of featured vocalists, including Scrappy Lambert, Irving Kaufman, Dick Robertson, Vaughn De Leath and others, it's an entertaining showcase for a highly successful orchestra, which very much captures the spirit of the times.

Track Listing

• My Buddy
• Swinging Down The Lane
• Who's Sorry Now?
• Wildflower
• Love Tales
• Somebody Loves Me
• Tea For Two
• Oh, Lady, Be Good
• Sweet Georgia Brown
• Cheatin' On Me
• Are You Sorry?
• If You Knew Susie
• Gigolette
• Yes Sir, That's My Baby
• Sleepy Time Gal
• Cherie I Love You
• Reaching For The Moon
• Afraid
• I'm Telling The Birds, I'm Telling The Bees, How I Love You
• Muddy Water
• Hello, Swanee, Hello
• I Can't Believe That You're In Love With Me
• I'm Looking Over A Four Leaf Clover
• Ain't She Sweet?
• It All Depends On You

• I'm In Love Again
• Miss Annabelle Lee
• There's A Cradle In Caroline
• Let's Misbehave
• The Man I Love
• Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man
• Crazy Rhythm
• Ten Little Miles From Town
• Hindustan
• She's Funny That Way
• Makin' Whoopee!
• Button Up Your Overcoat
• Mean To Me
• I've Got A Feeling I'm Falling
• Baby Oh Where Can You Be?
• Crying For The Carolines
• What Is This Thing Called Love?
• (Across The Breakfast Table) Looking At You
• You Brought A New Kind Of Love To Me
• The Kiss Waltz
• F'r Instance
• Confessin' (That I Love You)
• I'm Yours
• Au Revoir Pleasant Dreams

• It's A Lonesome Old Town
• To Whom It May Concern
• Just A Gigolo
• The King's Horses (And The King's Men)
• Ninety Nine Out Of A Hundred Wanna Be Loved
• When Your Lover Has Gone
• Life Is Just A Bowl Of Cherries
• Me!
• Sweet And Lovely
• I Apologize
• Let's Put Out The Lights (And Go To Sleep)
• Let's All Sing Like The Birdies Sing
• Marching Along Together
• This Is Romance
• You Gotta Be A Football Hero
• Who's Afraid Of The Big Bad Wolf?
• Long Ago And Far Away
• A Star Fell Out Of Heaven
• When Did You Leave Heaven?
• I'm Sorry For Myself
• Tomorrow Night
• I'm Takin' My Time With You
• Down By The Ohio
• Did Anyone Call

Additional Details

Label: Acrobat

Genre: Adult Contemporary/MOR

Run Time: 210 mins

Region: 0

Release Date: 10/04/24

UPC: 824046915421